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Leading Femen: The Topless Protesters

Inna Shevchenko talks to Lucy Ash about her childhood in Ukraine and her life as leader of the activist group Femen, famous for protesting topless in front of world leaders.

Femen leader Inna Shevchenko on a life of resistance which started as a teenager in Ukraine and led to exile in Paris, from where she organises protests in eleven countries.

Also, Afghan boxer Ajmal Faizy fled the Taliban and found a new life in the north of England, where he lives with the family of his trainer Barry Higginson.

And Liina Viira, the Estonian fashion designer who has been inspired by folk costumes to create new styles which combine traditional and modern.

(Photo: Inna Shevchenko. Credit: Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images)

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55 minutes

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Wed 28 May 2014 02:06GMT

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